17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
5 Klovers! Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques, Nov 22 2006
By Jennifer Ray - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Game - Ecstasy (Paperback)
Model Chastity Ambrose needs a lot of money fast. Not knowing what else to do, she signs on for an erotic reality game show, with the grand prize of one hundred million dollars. What she did not count on was finding the man she left at the altar two years earlier as her opponent.
Seth Allen has waited a long time for his revenge, and can think of nothing more effective than acting as Chastity's Master at Ecstasy Island, a BDSM pleasure retreat on the planet Zygoman. But being with Chastity again makes vengeance seem less and less important...
When betrayal threatens them both, can they survive with their lives and their hearts intact?
I have rapidly become an increasingly avid fan of MacKenzie McKade's work, and the Ectasy series showcases her talents as well as or better than any of her other work that I have read so far. In Ectsasy Book 1: The Game, McKade has the opportunity to create a universe strictly from her own imagination, and quite adeptly. Never has this author's skill with her extensive vocabulary been more used more effectively than in the way she vividly paints a picturesque landscape of this futuristic world.
Be aware that the story is very intensely BDSM themed. Even with Seth's revenge motive, however, never is Chastity ill-treated by Seth. Those who enjoy explicit ménage scenes will find something more to love about this series, in the form of the three Thorenson brothers, who run the pleasure planet.
The Game rates supernova on the heat scale, and has plenty of plot to support the heat. McKade delivers a well-rounded tale with several villains, countered by several heroes, and loads of suspense, finished off with what is ultimately a heartbreaking love story with a satisfying ending.
Not too long ago, I believed that BDSM themed stories were `not my thing', but it is stories like this that are swiftly changing my mind!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ms. McKade took BDSM To A New Level With The Game. A Must Read For Any BDSM Lover!, Mar 13 2006
By Janalee Ruschhaupt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Game - Ecstasy (Paperback)
Chastity Ambrose is a model and a former fiancée of the great 2104 Astral-ball Champion, Seth Allen. Two years ago, Chastity walked away from the altar, thinking she would never see Seth again. Chastity is in need of the funds, so she enters this sexually explicit game show called Voyeur II. She comes face to face with her past, Seth. When he enters the stadium, the fans go wild. Seth is beloved by all the women and envied by the men. Seth is a master showman and he is ready to take on Chastity! This contest is all about master and slave, dominance and submission. A lot of it will be televised for all to see. The real action comes when these two leave the stadium and journey to Ecstasy Island. It is a place were any and all sexual fantasies can come to life. Seth and Chastity heat up this story to a fever pitch!
THE GAME is by Mackenzie McKade. From the moment you are introduced to Seth and Chastity, they step right off the pages, into your heart and mind. Chastity is a spitfire with a heart of gold. Seth truly loves her, but is so hurt, it gives him a hard edge. He is like an animal with her at times. There sexual scenes, are some of the most carnal this reader has ever read. The secondary casts of characters are marvelous.
The Storyline and dialogue are seamless. Even with the sexual foray going on in this story, here and there a one-liner would take this reader back. What a hoot! When you come to the end of this book, you will be in awe of Ms. McKade's writing talents, especially with this being her first published work. She is right up there with the other great writers in Ellora's Cave's stable of authors. It is a keeper for this reader. When only the HOTTEST sexual scenes will do, along with a great story, then do not miss...THE GAME...This reviewer highly recommends it.
Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2005
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
research, Research, RESEARCH!, May 31 2007
By Mouser "The Chinchilla Guerilla" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Game - Ecstasy (Paperback)
That's what this book is lacking.
I find it impossible to believe this author has ever seen any more to the BDSM world that watching "Exit to Eden" with Rosie O'Donnell. Sorry for the mental image.
In the distant future ex-supermodel Chastity is desperate for money. So she does what any woman would do; she prostitutes herself. Reality shows in the future have become gigantic. She signs up for one where she will be "pitted against" a man for a week on a pleasure planet. Er, when did sex become combatative? I'd like to know how someone "wins" at it.
The author declines to demonstrate how in the this book. Instead Chastity is paired with Seth, the man she left at the altar. Bent on revenge he has them assigned to an S&M planet where he wants to use & humiliate her to make her feel what he felt that long ago day.
Here's the sum of the plot: two people who have 0 interest in S&M making half-arsed attempts at trying out roleplaying. Of course they're still desperately in love with each other...but what broke them up is a secret that could tear them apart. And it's the lamest secret ever concieved in a novel. Chastity is pursued by a true Dom who's really sadistic, as well as a dom who's gentle and infatuated with her, and someone is trying to kill her. Or at least they are in the last 20 pages.
The sex scenes made me cringe for many reasons. One, the characters don't really enjoy it. Two they're exceedingly cruel to one another emotionally and I don't believe they really loved each other. Lastly the things they did under the guise of BDSM were either lame or dangerous.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RECREATE ANY LOVE SCENES FROM THIS BOOK
The things Chastity undergoes would cause dislocation of jounts, exposure, dehyrdration, infection, and of course pregancy or STDs by either Seth or one of the other 3 men she plays with.
This is the lamest attamept at BDSM erotica slapped onto a third-rate romance plot and tinged with cardboard Sci-Fi.
If you want to read this go ahead but it bears repeating;
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RECREATE ANY LOVE SCENES FROM THIS BOOK